Everything Band Podcast

Colonel Arnald Gabriel is among the most distinguished members of our profession, having been the commander and conductor of the United States Air Force band from 1964-1985.  Topics: Colonel Gabriel’s early musical experiences and the story of Burton Stanley, the high school band director who pushed him to college after his return from serving in the Second World War. The story of re-joining the service during the Korean War, this time as a conductor in the Air Force Some of the remarkable events that helped shape his career and his accomplishments at the conductor of the Air Force Band. Colonel Gabriel’s most important bit of wisdom for band directors. Anecdotes from his career, including the story of Claude T. Smith’s Festival Variations and playing for Pope John Paul II in Rome. Links: Colonel Arnald Gabriel Smith: Fantasy Variations Gershwin Fantasy, arr. Martino Biography: Col. Arnald D. Gabriel retired from the United States Air Force in 1985 following a distinguished 36 year military career, at whi